November 14, 2012

Troy Week 2012 - More USC-UCLA Game Notes

Signature Victories: USC's top 10 wins over the Bruins (#1 led to a national championship). UCLA's top 10 wins over the Trojans (#1 left USC having to "settle" for the Rose Bowl that year).

Webcams: USC has Tommy Trojan on a webcam. UCLA has Royce Hall on a webcam. Joe Bruin is not on a webcam.

Weather: The current forecast is for partly cloudy skies, with light 5-10 mph winds, a 30% chance of passing showers and an afternoon high of 70°. The game starts at 12:05 p.m. PST.

Connections: Two USC players—S T.J. McDonald and S Marshall Jones—have brothers who play for UCLA (S Tevin McDonald and TB Malcolm Jones) . USC offensive coordinator/running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu was a graduate assistant coach at UCLA in 1992 and 1993, working with the secondary and special teams. USC DE Wes Horton is the son of former UCLA offensive tackle Myke Horton, who lettered there 2 years (1973-74). USC C Abe Markowitz’s father, Barry, lettered as a linebacker at UCLA in 1974 while his great grandfather, Richard Love, played basketball and tennis at UCLA in the 1920s and his cousin Frank Manumaleuga played football at UCLA in 1974.